Climate averages 1991–2020
Arzamas weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Arzamas: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sarov (60 km away). In December its highs average -4.4°C, about as warm as Arzamas, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arzamas ranks joint 117th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 133rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Arzamas is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -6.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arzamas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 35 | 10.4 | 7.88 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 32 | 8.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 41 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 43 | 9.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 67 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| November | -0.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 43 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 40 | 10.5 | 7.27 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Sarov in DecemberRussia · 60 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Dzerzhinsk in DecemberRussia · 97 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Nizhniy Novgorod in DecemberRussia · 104 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Murom in DecemberRussia · 116 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Saransk in DecemberRussia · 159 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in DecemberRussia · 190 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Cheboksary in DecemberRussia · 228 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -10.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in DecemberRussia · 230 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arzamas) is explained once on the Arzamas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.